Ephebe with a horse
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.3 × 2.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 304.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Ephebe with a horse.

Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.3 × 2.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 304.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Origin:
Acquired from the Duke of Orleans collection in 1787.
Literature:
Maksimova, Reznye kamni, str. 96; Reinach, Pierres gradées, p. 144, pl. 131; Furtwängler, Die antiken Gemmen, Taf. LVIII, 11.
Credits:
© 1971. Photo, text: Neverov O. Antique cameos in the Hermitage Collection. Aurora Art Publishers. Leningrad. 1971. P. 83—84, pl. 41.
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